Crown of Saudi Arabia is named Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) prime ministera post traditionally by the king, in a government mix announced Tuesday.
Mohammed bin Salman , who she has already He was the actual ruler of the kingdom for Several years, previously served as deputy prime minister In the era of King Salman as well defense minister.
It is replaced by defense minister By his younger brother Khalid bin Salman who was a deputy defense minister.
heads of else critical ministriesincluding internal and external energy, has remained in place according to a royal decree issued by King Salman and published official Saudi Press Agency.
Crown , who turning 37 last month, was first in line to succeed him father As king since 2017.
Saudi Arabia has for Years sought to suppress speculation over the health of 86-year-old king who It has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter since 2015.
In 2017, she dismissed reports and growing speculation that the king was planning to abdicate in favor of Mohammed bin Salman.
King Salman was taken to the hospital twice this is yearand the last one one- 1 week stay in This may involve tests including a colonoscopy, depending on the state media.
sweep changes
became the crown prince defense minister in 2015, a key step in fast unification of power.
In this rolesupervised the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia military Activities in Yemen where the Kingdom leads coalition Internationally recognized support government in that it fight against Houthis allied with Iran.
he has also become public face of A comprehensive reform agenda known as Vision 2030.
Changes included granting women the right of driveopening cinemas, welcoming foreign tourists, discrediting the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, hosting pop stars and high-profile heavyweight fights and other sports events.
However, he did also prison critics And the, in thorough cleansing of The country’s elite, arrested and threatened about 200 princes and businessmen in The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh in The 2017 anti-corruption campaign tightened its grip on power.
gain global the fame for 2018 killing of Dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in The Kingdom’s Consulate in Istanbul.
Last year US President Joe Biden declassified an intelligence report found Mohammed bin Salman approved the operation against Khashoggi, a confirmation denied by the Saudi authorities.
but the spike in energy prices triggered from Russia invasion of Ukraine stimulated a number of Western leaders head to Saudi Arabia to resume for slope-up Oil production, in particular the then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Biden himself, who He swallowed a previous pledge to make the Saudi leadership a “pariah”.
German Chancellor Olaf Schulz became latest A major leader to visit this kingdom past weekend.
King Salman will remain in the presidency over And the text of the decree on the sessions of the Council of Ministers that he attends.
86-year-old King, Ranger of The holiest sites of Islam, become the ruler in 2015 after spending more More than two and a half years into his tenure as Crown Prince.
